Hat and coat hanger.



No. 670,680. Patented Mar. 26, l90l.

F. MAREK, In.

HAT AND GUAT HANGER.

(Application filed Dec. 17, 1900.) (No Model.)

WITNESSES INVENTOH- I ia' azzi-fifaprel fz' PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MAREK, JR., OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.

HAT AND COAT HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,680, dated March 26, 1901. Application filed December 1'7, 1900. Serial No. 40,184. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK MAREK, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Hat and Coat Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to clothes-hangers having hooks for supporting hats, coats, and other wearing-apparel; and its object is to provide a new and improved hat and coat hanger which is simple and durable in construction,cheap to manufacture,and arranged for convenient attachment to a wall or other suitable support.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a reduced front elevation of the wire having the supporting-hooks.

The improved hat and coat hanger consists, essentially, of a single piece of wire A and a receiving and retaining plate B for holding the wire in place, the said single piece of wire being formed into a longitudinally-extending bar A, from which extend sets of upper and lower hooks A A as is plainly shown in the drawings. The said hooks are formed by twisting the wire and bending the same into proper shape, the hooks A being bent forward and upward and the hooks A extending upwardly and forwardly.

The longitudinal bar A extends in eyes or hollow ribs B, formed on the lower edge of the receiving-plate B, the eyes being formed by flanges bent around the bar A, as is plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The piece of wire after leaving the outer ends of the eyes B is bent over to form members A*, extending in the back groove of a longitudinally-extending rib B formed on the supporting-plate B. Above the rib B is formed a second rib B parallel to the rib B and the said ribs strengthen the plate B and give it the desired rigidity. On the upper edge of the plate B are formed eyes B for engagement with nails or other supporting devices on a wall, post, or other support.

From the foregoing it is evident that by using a single piece of wire and forming the hooks in the manner described and securing the parts in place on the supporting-plate B a very convenient and cheap hat and coat hanger is produced.

By forming the supporting-plate B with the longitudinal ribs as described considerable rigidity is given to the hanger, especially as one of the ribs also forms a means for securing the ends of the wire in place in the manner above described.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A coat and hat hanger,comprising a supporting-plate having hollow ribs, and a single piece of Wire formed into a longitudinal supporting-bar and sets of hooks, the bar being engaged by the said hollow ribs, each set of hooks having an upwardly and forwardly bent supporting-hook and a downwardly-extending and forwardly-bent hook, as set forth.

2. A coat and hat hanger, comprising a supporting-plate having hollow ribs, a single piece of wire formed into a longitudinal supporting-bar and sets of books, the bar being engaged by the said hollow ribs, each set of hooks having an upwardly and forwardly bent supporting-hook and a downwardly-extending and forwardly-bent hook, and eyes on the plate for attaching the hanger to a support, as set forth.

3. A hat and coat hanger,comprising a plate of sheet metal and having eyes and longitudinally-extending ribs, a single piece of wire formed into a longitudinal bar engaging the said eyes, upwardly and downwardly extending supporting-hooks formed by said wire and extending at a right angle to said bar, and end members engaging one of the said ribs at the back thereof, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK MAREK, JR.

Witnesses:

Enw. B. KELLY, DANIEL REIDY. 

